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IMWR.AI. INSTITUTE, (SOUTH KENSINGTON, LONDON. S.W.) 
REPORT on gutta perch as from the 
report ^ tbaits settlements. 
Bv Professor WvNDHAM R. DUNSTAN, M. a., F. R. S.. Director. . 
„ ^ ,, wfi ro forwarded to the Imperial 
These samples rarf Gut a-p< ^ ssistant Superintendent of Forests. 
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April 4th, 19021 • 
The specimens received were as follows: - f 
1 • } knnWn 
in the State of Perak as “ Gutta Taban Putth . 
9 Sample of ‘Gutta Simpor”. {Palapuum Mamgayi). 
Sample of -Gutta Taban Chaia”. {Palaquinm pdyanthum?). 
Sample of “Gutta Minjato". (Krssiasfi?) from Langkaw, 
Sample oC'Gutta Susu". [Dyera ,/>.) from Ungkawi Islands. 
“Gutta Taban Merab” (Pdaqmmu guttn) from Penang 
Forests. 
,, Vns 1 > 1 and 6 were collected under the 
I he speamei s 1 — ’p’; Officers in order to ensure their 
XXbv Tnd thev therefore represent the products of the differ- 
elu species ’of PaUquium without any admixture whatsoever. 
Information ^“P^^p^^r'wiTa'tedTo be°tlie most im- 
por* anT This gutta is derived from a tree, probably Palaquwm 
portrait, t & hntnniral identity is a little uncertain at 
present, This i's the most abundant of th e Palaqmums m the State 
of Perak and will grow at an elevation of over 2,000 feet If the 
mitta-percha yielded by this species proved to be of good quality 
it was proposed to establish extensive plantations of the tiees. 
Numerous proposals have been made during recent years to 
extract The Jtta-percha from the leaves of the Palaqmums j thereby 
J1 an earlier vield from the plantations than would be pos- 
dde Otherwise and several processes have been already patented 
for fhis piirpos; A large sample of the dried leaves of the tree 
yield in" the Gutta Taban Putih was therefore forwarded so that 
experiments could he made to determine I lie amount and quality 
Shlie gutta-percha contained in them, and the feasibility of ex- 
truding' >• upon a commercial scale. 
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